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Kyanite from
Pointe du Payré, Jard-sur-Mer, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France


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Kyanite

Pointe du Payré, Jard-sur-Mer, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France
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Kyanite

Pointe du Payré, Jard-sur-Mer, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France
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Kyanite

Pointe du Payré, Jard-sur-Mer, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France
Classification
Species:Kyanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Comments:Large crystals(some centimeters or more) in quartz veins in the micaschists.
Colour:white-blue
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kyanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pointe du Payré, Jard-sur-Mer, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:928470
Long-form Identifier:1:3:928470:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kyanite
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘRocher Sainte-Véronique beach alluvial deposits, Bretignolles-sur-Mer, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France
53.9km (33.5 miles) ⓘDomino beach alluvial deposits, Saint-Georges-d'Oléron, Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
68.9km (42.8 miles) ⓘLa Compointrie, Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
91.9km (57.1 miles) ⓘLa Saulzinière beach alluvials, La Plaine-sur-Mer, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
94.4km (58.6 miles) ⓘLa Source beach alluvials, Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
94.9km (59.0 miles) ⓘLa Roussellerie beach alluvial deposits, Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
95.4km (59.3 miles) ⓘLa Pierre Attelée beach alluvials, Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
96.1km (59.7 miles) ⓘL’Ermitage beach alluvials, Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
99.9km (62.1 miles) ⓘLe Pointeau beach alluvials, Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
100.0km (62.1 miles) ⓘLa Courance beach alluvials, Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
References
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